Check-row corn-planter.



W. E. .GILROY.

CHECK ROW CORN PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1911.

Patented July 1%, 1914.

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w. E. G-ILROY.

CHECK ROW CORK PLANTER.

APPLICATION'I'ILBD MAY 6, 1911. g wg gg Patented July 14,1914,

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W. E. GILROY.

CHECK ROW CORN PLANTER.

APPLICATION PILED MAY 6, 1911.

Patented July 1%, 191%.

4 SHEETS"SHEET 4 the corn and fertilizer chutes are an enlarged section VltW o'l':

are: GIZRQY. 035 UTICA, N N "2635:, AS5521 GVYER- 0F UTKCA, HEW "E-OZ...JIZ. A CQBPORAEZQIQ G 1-13" WW CQPNN-PLA I: .l esmw. w fi at Letters an r 3 firigtinai application filed Qeteber 16, 1905, Elerial No. 458,088. Jivided and. th? applicetien filed 6,

J U. 458,088,, filed (lctober 16. 1998. and atenterl March 1912, #llllihOZ-lS of which this application is a division.

One of the specific ';l)jeets to provide a more effective means For automatically (lepositing a, pledel-e'rminrl number of seeds or kernels in each hill ill}! also to permit the number of kernels so ilepwilet' to be readily varied. at will.

.A fnrtherfobjeet in eontrr corn and fertilizer n fertilizer Will be lef deposit and at opposite side fertilize each hill.

so as to more eil'ectirel of corn.

Uther objects an 11 feeding of the COl'l brought out in the X In the cl awings: l of a check row corn n various features of my ing a portion of a rh the machine is adapter an enlarged transvere on line 22, Fig. 1 e:-;..-

10'. Fig. 2 is 'nl View taken at portions of hown in elevation and the upper portion 0 the tertilizer' receptacle is broken away. Fig. 3 is a portion of one of the seed Separating merhanisins at the base of one of the enrn heppers shown in Fig. 2 together with the upper portion of the adjacent chute on line T$-? of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the upper portion of one of the rorn rhntes showing the adjacent valve and its operating means. Fig. 5 is a transverse seetia'unal view through the (meek-shaft and its driving nisms Serial no. ass 127?.

. X seemenal View disk taken or line 7-7 W 1. Fig.

position and alto s wing a part of corn. hopper.

aprises a main frame is atlapu a 'ailahle power l -nwhich er Wely ide of the machine in a "mnner .1.

(l rihed and is prcwicleti Y hwise r a of the whnlly l on r ax the wheels --2-- errn. '11 d 1 which is extended a centinnous cheek sha'rt with fur-e rte 1S V" l atire engage. e 1 th Cllt whereby the lGCli hlhlfil, is eanset f intern'xittingly one complete revel time. 1 guided in operative .eranh-nrin 5- by j (3- which is also capable of being v manipu hated at will to release or tllSC/OKTE the wire from the machine whez Wire may be men tn the any snltahle (lQVlCe as check necess:

A. CQUBUEK shaft is mounted 7 able bearings upon the main frame some distance in front of anal parallel the cheek-shaft 4.-- am. is adapted to he rotated continuously by one of the land wheels -2 through the medium of sprocket ehain ---8-* encl a clutch 9-- while the machine is in operatien'fer (ilepositing the seeds and fertilizer.

The clutch -9.- may be of'any well known construction capable of being operated at will to connect and disconnect the counter shaft to and from its driving wheel and for this purpose one of its sections is connected by a link 10- to a crank arm 11...on a rock shaft l2-- which is journaled in suitable hearings on the main frame -1 at the rear of and parallel with the check shaft i.

- The rock shaft 12 is provided with a suitable operating lever 13- carrying a notched pawl'-14 for interlocking engagement with a fixed stop shoulder .15- on the main supporting frame to hold" the clutch in its inoperative position against the action of a retracting sprin -l(3-, thereby permitting the wheels to revolve freely on their axle stubs when the machine is drawn over the surface of the ground without op erating any of the other mechanisms.

\Vhen. the machine is in operation for feeding the seeds and fertilizer, the check row shaft is caused to rotate intcrmittingly one revolution at a time as each check stop on the check wire is encountered by the coz'lcting forked arm 5 and for this purpose the continuously rotating counter shaft 7 is connected by a link belt 35 to a ratchet wheel -36 which is loose on the check shaft -4- but is adapted to beinintermittingly locked to said checlclihaft by means of a pawl 37 which is forced. into eiwagement with the internal teeth of the ratchet wheel 36 by a spring -38 as the check shaft is initially moved by contact of the furcated arm 5 with one of the stops a' on the check wire The pawl -3'Z is pivoted to a crank arm on the check shaft i so as to rotate bodily therewith and is provided with a pendant arm -1-0- extending beyond the periphery of the ratchet wheel 86 for engaging a limiting stop or pin -41 and thereby tripping the pawl and normally holding it out of engagement with the teeth of the ratchet wheel except when the check shaft is initially operated. Now, when the forked arm -5- engages one of the check stops r1.-, the check shaft will be rotated in the direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 5 thereby rotating the pawl bodily. with the arm 39 and causing a pendant arm -40 of the pawl to ride over the pin .41, against the action. of the spring 38 inent with the pin, whereupon it is instantly forced into'cngagement with the teeth of .the ratchet wheel by the spring 38, thereby locking said ratchet wheel to the check shaft and allowing said check shaft to be rotated a complete revolution by the link belt 35- until the pendant arm 40 is again brought into contact with the stop until such pawl is free from engage frame 1- and is mechanisms for depositing the seeds and fertilizer in hills or in some instances it may be desired to deposit the seed and fertilizer in drills or continuously in the furrow and for this purpose the stop pin -1- is mounted upon a horizontally movable arm 42 which is supported upon a guide rod 43 and is adapted to be shifted laterally by any suitable means as a hand or foot le-- ver 44 shown '11 Figs. 1 and 5 to force the pin 4 o fof thepath of move ment of the trip arm 40 of the pawi, thus allowing the pawl to remain in interlocking engagement with the teeth of the *atchet wheel for continuousrotation of the check shaft which controls the action of the seed feeding and fertilizer distributing mechanisms hereinafter described.

Seed feeding and fertilizer distributing mcc/mm'sma-These mechanisms are prefcrably duplicate-d one for each of thefurand 51' on the bracket -2 i-.

(m feeding mechaaam.Secured to the check shaft 4 directly under the seed i reservoir -4i6- is a pinion or gear -52- meshing with a circular toothed rack which is rotatably sea ted in a fixed sup pc. 6 rim 54 on the main supporting frame 1- directly under the lower end of the reservoir or hopper 46 and preferably concentric therewith as best seen in Figs. 1, 2 and 6. This toothed rack is held against upward displacement by a superposed fined ring '56 which is also secured to the provided with an on"; let opening -5T in the rear side thereof registering with a similar outlet -5?"- in the underlying fixed plate 54. just at the rear of the toothed rack -53-, sai outlet 57- being connected directly to the up per ends of the chute i8- as best seen in Figs. 2 and, 3. Directly above and resting -4- and counter shaft 7 respectively and are connected by separate flexible chutes \48- and 49-- to downwardiy C0lH 3Tf- 'ing valve chambers or extensions -5iilalcla lm tou'llzml mask -59 exlmult 1 11 the (mailing in :JAJ est seen in Fig; 2 so as 1 0- mat-ion fmm the loathed 1'; t walling plate --58-. Dlrmztl firing agalns the 21pm? am: 013' ring 58 is an zuldit la. 1mg 01' plzzfe -6 3- whir the ring --56-- are edges w the guermlt :u'cess to he and -58- 21ml :llsc

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llly extemlmg (a? projcv I and. I'QGQSSES -o-- zlltenmting; will: Lfilfilk other, said prefienti-ons rising from the main owly of the ring tn form abutllQHln for ffieding the kernels of said mm mm by one: into regisi ation with the (mile? openh -57-- while ha spaces -63-- we m men-i .'alrcein'vlbrenl'lal lvnggtl'l t0 {2 m1 'l'lli} individual kernels in readily gravi- 31 into tllQi'QlZl etween lllv shoulders -62-.

'llm covering plate which is lOClllLil in llm bnliiiom 0? tlx -J lmppzr -'llhm; an wnmlmr marginal fizmgg rest-in upzm {lac 1pm; n clase. proximal? l0 ll silks of the the ilmslxle mall and.

x i promatmnss -l32-- and 11 (if lmlcling marginal uugvg ml th Levering plate and base of ,ne mservslr plvatally nmuniml portion cf the cover Milli l llll? edges 427i Add prnjr-s-dlans lull; he intervening EIECQHSES 'l) Ca 21g? 66* in formlfly e ect the kernuls lfm'ougll the opemng 5'?- min the, 11pm; Y

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llQliSlHIl -f;\}-- is whim-l1 is manually closed to temporal-fly refurrow, 521:

pmfilc f-nrl beveled and nm'nmlly resting lair- 9, pr-nxlmity to the upper eclgw of the ailing iilk said sepu altar being held in its no nul posilpisn by l to prewnt mugging an? this he inmihlm. and also in more swarms the kernels mm from Ullfilj in (he upper eml of the chute oil valve lllCll is normally closed :ulapleal lobe waned once (lurin mull luti m (sf {the Cl": slmffi: by means ---7l-- on szz'lil shaft and :1 suitable l' -"Z1- wl1lcl: is pivo-lel za/ (mls Qncl :15; to the plate M at 021a slde ml the check shall -4land las it; 1 fifliliifil'lfill with a luxt 2114:- l: 2 ----'Z -l-- 0n the valve ---(i$--- l1 a g (5e (3?? {he check shaft as l'JQE-lli swim. in Fig. 1-, said. mm lever being provided 31 its umluvsida with a projection -'74- :ml 170 lm engaged by the cam --Zllf0? L'Oi'lilllQ," lillii war 211ml of lllE lever -7lupwardly and llwrvlxjv nponlng the valve final pm'n'xitlzlugzj l {0 W030 'immeiliailely aflm' (flushing L0 Dfiilllll llw liQZfllQlS of corn which lmvv been imlll lmcli by the valve 5Slto grzwilnte lnl'n the claule --=8 Pivulmlly mmmtell in the lower and 0% the vlmlaor rzfilzm' in {he lmvm' (lllil of the @31- zm mllllilonal valve 7.7-

a predel-em'nine-cl mvnl'wer of kevnels of '0 'n in the (:lmlo but is adapted to be, opened fulengaging one and 0f a lever -.-.n1(l is pi'uvldecl pendant, arm lor opening the J L vslve----?5--- 311w; helm-v. the (queuing of the l l l also hLTVlllQ in d mu? 7 (fkillllllllllllg valvev heron lag valve ----'Z-5-' is pivotal at to clinic exienz ion --i(land is provided 1 a wzu-wrmlly pvojectlng pin 8l-- in pmih 0L5 moveu'mnt ml but normally slmrl: dist-2mm: apm'i from llm pelul- --78- so allow the fertilize;- lfi be upmeal allflllily in advance Mn. cnnlitollingz valve to (lepaslc aha v the lml cm a lllt, furmw just at the initial operation of the'check shaft by the engagement; of the furcated arm -5- with one of the check stops on the wire -,a, the valve 75 will be opened to deposit the corn in the furrow and then inunediately' closed by means of a spring -82 -'as, soon as the cam -76--passes the endv of the'lever .-77-. As the check shaft continues to rotate, the cam 7O engages and operates the lever 71 to open the valve -69- in the upper end of the chute --48 to permit the corn' held thereby to gravitate into the lower end of the chute where it is temporarily held by the valve -i'5, said valve 69 being automatically closed by theweight of the level,"

-7l as soon as the cam 70' has passed its coacting cam "-74 on the lever -7l.

Now as the check shaft continues one complete revolution during which the corn feeding plate 58 is rotated,' an additional predetermined quantity of seed corn is fed into the upper end of the chute 1t8 where it' is temporarily held by the valve ---69- ready for-repetition of the operation just described, thereby maintaining predetermined quantities of corn in the lower and upper ends of the chute :l8- by means of the valves 75 and -(39 respectively,

'it being understood that the valve -75 is opened and closed slightlyin advance of the opening and closing of the valve -69- so as to allow the corn in the lower end of the chute to be deposited in the furrow while that which is deposited in the upper end of the chute is'teniporarily held by the valve -69 and is only allowed to gravitate into the lower end of the chute after the valve is closed. a 7

' Fertilizer feeding mccitam'sm.ln the bottom-of the fertilizer reservoir "47 is a rotary feeding plate 84 which together with anagitator 8."- are journaled centrally in the bottom of the reservoir and are operatively connected by gears 86- to the counter-shaft .7, the agitator serving to loosen the fertilizer while the feeding plate -84- serves to feed limited quantities into the chute 49. A baflle or cut off plate -88- is arranged within the reservoir directly over the outlet as .89-

in the bottom of the reservoir leading into the chute 49 for preventing; the feed of excessive quantities of the fertilizer into said chute. A valve 90 is pivoted at 91- in the extension -5l at the lower end of the chute -f9 and is provided with an upwardly extending arm 92 which is connected by a'lin-l; -93- 'to a leverI-94- at-the rear of the extension 50- of the corn chute -t8. This lever -94 is pivoted at -,f95 'to the lower end of the chute extension --50'. and is provided at its upper end with a roller bearing --9,- normally in contact with the front face of the the corn controlling valve -75-, that is,

there is a slight space between the rear end of the pin -Slof the corn controlling valve andfront edge of the arm 79 While the roller -96 is normally in contact with said arm so that as the latter is moved forwardly it will first open the valve 90 and afterward open the valve 75- to allow the fertilizer to feed into the bottom of the furrow just in advance of the deposit of the corn.

When it is desired to use-the machine for drilling the corn irrespective of the check wire, the arm 42' carrying the stop pin t1- is thrown out of the path of move-- ment of the pendant arm 40- of the looking pawl 37 by means of the lever 4 l'-, thus'permitting the pawl 37 to remain in interlocking engagement with the '65 1 pendant arm 78- of the lever 77, 4

shaft to be driven continuously from the counter shaft 7, under which conditions the upper corn controlling valve --69- and its operating lever 7lmay be held in their inoperative positions with the valve open by means of a detent 99 which is shown in Fig. 8 as adjustable at will to and from a position directly under the rear'end of the lever "71 to hold the latter in its elevated position out of'the path of move-- ment of the cam 70 on the check said detent 99being held in its adjusted position by means of a thumb screw or clamp l00. Under the same conditions the valve j75 in the lower end of shaft,

the corn chute -48 and also the fertilizer -I' controlling valve -90 are held intheir openpositions and for thispurpose I provide the upper end of the lever -94 with a loop or shoulder -101- adapted to be en gaged by a detent -102' which is slidablymounted in the upper front portion of the chute supporting frame '24 and is adapted to be adjusted at will into interlocking connection with the loop or shoulder -101 for holding the lever 94 in its inactive position and thereby holding both of-the valves 75 and 90 open. apparent that in drilling the check shaft -4 and also the seed and fertilizer feeding mechanisms are operating continuously and at the same time the valves in the chutes 'l-8- and -4L9 are open, thus allowing the, ,corn and fertilizer to feed simultaneouslyinto the furrow, the fertilizer chute It is now being located slightl in front of the corn a lost motion whereby the fertilizer valve is 10 chute so as to deposit the fertilizer slightly opened slightly in advance of the corn conin mlvanee of the corn. trolling valve. What I claim is: In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my ,In a check-row planter, a corn'chute, a hand on this 2nd day of May 1911. fertilizer chute, separate valves in said WILLIAM E. GILROY. chutes, and an operating member connected Witnesses: to the-fertilizer controlling valve and also G. W. SEYBoLn, connected to the corn controlling valve with JEROME B. GERMAN. 

